restringing a Broadwood Boudoir grand

Avery Todd atodd@UH.EDU
Tue, 09 Jun 1998 13:50:29 -0500 (CDT)


Barrie, List,

   Would swabbing a TP hole with epoxy resin also be a good way to
'salvage' a hole in an older block that was accidentally reamed one size
larger than intended? Before the new pins are driven in? Don't ask. :-(

Avery

>The best method is to drill out existing holes and fill with a good
>quality epoxy resin,  re-drill for double 00 pins and put two sizes up
>back in, you will have a very tight tuning pin, they don't seem to turn
>that bad.  I personally have only one this way last
>year, after reading about  using epoxy resin on this very list. I was
> happy with the results.
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Barrie.




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